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Based Measurement & Verification By Paul Muhia So, you have done your first energy audit, an impressive energy audit report has been shared with you highlighting the sweet money savings that you will be making, with some projects promising short payback period of less than a year… Do you take it…
By Ombajo Vincent Gedion Is Solar Thermal Kenya's next ready frontier for Energy Efficiency? For something to grow and be acceptable in large scale, a lot of work and time go into it. In the world of clean energy, a combination of factors that range from ideology, opportunities, needs and…
David Mbori When people talk about energy savings people tend to rush to think about big energy consumers like factories and other big plants. We rarely give thought to what I may call small timers like domestic usage and office usage. If we can embrace energy conservation measures in our offices…
High Electricity Bills – System Error or ……………………..? The cost of electricity in Kenya has over the past year been rising, albeit in an incremental manner that may have gone unnoticed. Such high cost is now becoming apparent, threatening to worsen the cost of living. So far, power cost has over the…
Pauline Mweu Energy auditing has been the big thing in the energy sector since the law was passed in 2012. Although I may not be amongst the best writers known, here I am and this is my story.. Many of my colleagues will agree to this; it is usually an engineers’ inside joke – that [...]
By Ruth Carol Atieno Energy efficiency is one of the major campaigns going on in the world today and several world organizations, not only in the energy sector, but across different industries, have taken this seriously. Reducing the amount of energy required for production or to successfully…
By Carolyne Gathuru Customer experience excellence is generally considered the preserve of those in the service industry and thought to be constricted to those that have high interaction with customers in spaces of service delivery. What is not known, and needs to be amplified on loud speaker, is…
By Gacheri Kimathi I am writing this on my last day just after having my lunch. Having happy thoughts and feeling grateful to be here at Eenovators Limited. Going through the interview with my hands dripping wet under the table, eating all that good cake, sweet watermelons, conducting site visits,…
By Amos Kiprop Energy monitoring and targeting (M&T) This is an energy efficiency technique based on the standard management axiom stating that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure”. M&T techniques provide energy managers with feedback on operating practices, results of energy management…
Machine Learning and Big Data Career Opportunities in the Evolving Energy Space The importance of cutting past the excitement and incorporating actual use cases of big data, the internet of things, and machine learning in the energy sector is increasingly becoming apparent as more and more…
By Eleen Korir As a home owner, I have always thought of minimizing my energy use. I own lots of different equipment and accessories that consume so much energy including; Cooker, microwave, a kettle, blender, fridge, Television, home theater, washing machine, iron box, a water heater geyser-for…
Ban Ki-moon, the eighth United Nations Secretary-General has a powerful assertion that where sustainable development is concerned, “There can be no Plan B, because there is no Planet B”. This very sobering fact underscores the reasons for which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were…
By Amos Kiprop Equipment life, low power bills, facility safety are key concerns of entities that use electric power. Most of these concerns are addressed to a sufficient level when facilities ensure that they use quality power. After understanding different types of electric loads that one has,…
By Vincent Ombajo In 2019, many businesses and organizations will make a decision towards renewable energy, most likely solar or wind. Almost all trends, world reports, and big opinion point towards a time when renewables are most viable and cheaper to install. Today, most commercial entities,…
By Ombajo Vincent Gedion Clean energy is all the world is about today. Yet there is little information on what it is all about. And for many who surely have little or no information, are also seemingly unsure of its worth. The real problem is that we have pigeonholed clean energy, thus narrowing…
2018 GAINS IN THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SPACE IN AFRICA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR 2019 Introduction 2018 was a momentous year for the energy management space in Africa. We made huge strides forward in creating a better working energy management environment. This is significant for the continent as with…
By Linet Njeri Given the need for constant regulation in organizations, energy management is an area that has become a key focus as a way to ensure efficiency and resource optimization. As a result, the need to carry out energy audits has been appreciated increasingly and especially with the new…
By Ombajo Vincent Gedion Well, worry not. Every energy savings made can be measured and verified. A lot of organizations and companies have lots of worries and uncertainties as to whether energy can actually be saved. To make matters even more worrisome, they wonder if there is a way of knowing…
By Kelvin Odhiambo Securing access to modern and sustainable energy services for developing economies is a significant challenge for development. Access to sustainable energy services can power opportunities for environmental, social and economic development. Energy costs for most facility owners…
How Improve the Performance and Life Time of Solar Water Heating Systems So what are the most common failures of the majority of solar water heating systems? 1. Water quality as can be hard, soft or acidic2. The wrong type of hot water tank (vented or unvented)3. Imported components not suited to…
By Linet Njeri Learning is the single best investment we can make in our lifetime. The world’s busiest and most wealthy individuals including Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Barrack Obama have identified continuous learning as an important part of life and dedicate 5 hours a week to learning. It is…
Have a Real Time Monitor I have often wondered why my water bill is so much higher than my expectations and why I pay so much for water yet in my own calculation, I do not use much water in my daily activities. As a tenant, the landlord would bring a water bill – which [...]
LED: Making the Light Choice The choice of the appropriate light bulb to use may seem like a foregone conclusion. The more traditional approach involves the selection of the bulb with the highest wattage for use. This is due to the assumption that more wattage equates to better lighting. However…
Dear Energy Engineers, Please let me know in black and white why for the life of me I should purchase bulbs that cost eight times above the amount of the regular bulbs, taking into consideration the current cost of living and every home owner’s endeavor to cut costs and survive the daily vigour of…
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